Re: moving GIT back to kernel.org...

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On 10/07/2011 11:55 PM, Yinglin Sun wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:59 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:57:03 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>>> I'm about to setup my GIT trees on kernel.org, once that is complete
>>> I will be solely updating those trees again.
>>>
>>> I will notify everyone when this is ready to go.
>>>
>>> Just a heads up for everyone...
>> Ok, they are now online, please update your URLs.
>>
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc.git
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/ide.git
>>
> I'm still new to net kernel development, so a little confused about these trees.
> So we should submit patches based on these trees, instead of Linus'?
> About net and net-next, How to decide which one to use?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Yinglin
>

*If* you have change against the network core/drivers then, you would
want to use David Miller's net or net-next trees.

As a general rule:
 - net tree is only for fixes/critical fixes
 - net-next tree is for everything else

There are always exceptions, but if you stick to the above general rule,
you will be fine.

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